It’s been over a month since Violaine Paradis took her perpetual vows and became Sister Violaine of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame. Here she talks with us about her experiences during the ceremony of her profession of vows ‘‘for life’’ and what has happened in the month following that ‘‘great moment.’’

As we approach October 1st, beginning of Missionary Month and Feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Patroness of Missions, Canadian Catholics – and all men and women of good will – are invited to (re)discover, to celebrate and to support missionary activity throughout the world in favor of those who are most in need.

The ceremonies of the Vigil and Investiture of the Canada-Montreal Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem took place on September 25 and 26, 2021 at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral. Both ceremonies were presided by the Most Reverend Christian Lépine, KC*HS, Grand Prior and Archbishop of Montreal, and were broadcast live on the Cathedral's YouTube channel, as well as on the Lieutenancy's Facebook page. (Lieutenance Montreal-OESSJ).

On the eve of the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, September 7, 1921, in Dublin, at the initiative of Frank Duff, a young civil servant in the Irish Ministry of Finance and member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a small group of people met with the purpose of together finding a form of apostolate. Together they all invoked the Holy Spirit and recited the rosary before resolving, following the example of the Apostles, to go out in pairs to visit patients in hospital. And so was born the Legion of Mary!

The Bishops of Canada, as a tangible expression of their commitment to walk with the Indigenous Peoples of this land along the pathway of hope, are making a nation-wide collective financial commitment to support healing and reconciliation initiatives for residential school survivors, their families, and their communities.